Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit. Photo courtesy Al-Qahera News
Aboul Gheit condemned Israel's daily killing of women and children as "normalised" and warned that Israeli policies risk dragging the region into further cycles of conflict.
He warned that Israel is using security as a pretext for territorial expansion, saying its policies threaten regional stability.
"Israel's policy will push the region into cycles of confrontation," Aboul Gheit said.
Israel stepped up its genocidal campaign in Gaza in recent days, announcing new military attacks on Saturday.
At least 115 Palestinians have been killed in the past 24 hours as Israel escalates its airstrikes on Gaza, with Israel's blockade of the Palestinian territory entering its third month, preventing food and all vital aid from reaching the strip and exacerbating shortages of food, medicine, and basic supplies.
Israel has killed at least 370 Palestinians since Sunday, with the majority of casualties occurring in the latter part of the week.
Since October 2023, Israeli bombardments have killed more than 53,000 people in Gaza and injured around 120,000 others, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged further escalation as Israel maintains its siege. Global leaders, the United Nations, and aid organisations have raised urgent alarms over the risk of famine as the blockade persists.
Aboul Gheit also praised Saudi Arabia's efforts to bring an end to the violence, saying: "We appreciate the Kingdom's support for stopping the war in Gaza."
The 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, led by Saudi Arabia, has strongly pushed for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The Muslim body has endorsed Egypt's counter-proposal for Gaza reconstruction, rejecting US President Donald Trump's colonialist-style plan to take over Gaza, expel its 2.3 million residents, and transform the territory into a so-called Riviera.
Trump recently renewed calls to establish a "freedom zone" in the war-battered territory, aiming to displace Palestinians from their land, raising fresh alarm over US-Israeli plans for the devastated territory.
Beyond Gaza, the secretary-general highlighted wider threats to the Arab world. "The Arab region continues to face ambitions and malignant interventions in the affairs of its states," he said.
He described the war in Sudan as the planet's worst humanitarian crisis, accused the Houthi movement of monopolising Yemen's resources, warned that internal division threatens Libya's unity, and noted the challenges Damascus faces in rebuilding Syria.
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